"The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez TonightLopez Tonight was an American late-night television talk show hosted by comedian George Lopez. The hour-long program premiered on November 9, 2009, on cable network TBS. Lopez was the first Mexican American to host a late-night talk show on an English-language network in the United States. The...
.
George Lopez (also known as
The George Lopez Show) is an American sitcom starring comedian
George LopezGeorge Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture...
. The show originally aired on
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from March 27, 2002, to May 8, 2007.
Synopsis
The show stars
George LopezGeorge Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture...
as manager of Powers Brothers Aviation (originally Powers & Sons Aviation), an airplane parts factory. He is married to Angie Palmero (
Constance MarieConstance Marie Lopez is an American actress. Known professionally as Constance Marie, she is known for her role as Angie Lopez on George Lopez and for her role as Marcella Quintanilla in the 1997 film Selena...
). They have a rebellious and beautiful daughter, Carmen(
Masiela LushaMasiela Lusha is an American author, actress, producer and humanitarian who first gained recognition after starring in film and TV projects such as ABC's George Lopez and Sony Picture's Blood: The Last Vampire...
), and a precocious son, Max (
Luis Armand GarciaLuis Armand Garcia, born March 9, 1992, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Max Lopez on the sitcom George Lopez.-Career:...
). They all live together in
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.
George had a difficult childhood. He was abandoned by his father, Manny Lopez, and further mistreated and traumatized by a careless, abusive, chain smoking, alcoholic mother, Benita "Benny" Lopez (
Belita Moreno). She usually criticizes Angie's cooking and parenting skills. George and Benny's adult relationship mainly consists of the two of them trading insults about each other, mainly referring to George's childhood (one example being how George was forced to eat a chair because Benita did not feed him). They appear to care for each other, and George has admitted his feelings for Benny in some episodes. Benny works at Powers Brothers Aviation, as does George's best friend, Ernesto "Ernnie" Cardenas (
Valente RodriguezValente Rodriguez is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas on the sitcom George Lopez. He currently stars as Cesar in the TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced.-Life and career:...
), who is mostly luckless in the dating area and still lives with his obese mother.
George's father-in-law, Dr. Victor "Vic" Palmero (George Diez),thinks Angie should have married someone better than George, but as the series progresses, he begins to respect and accept him. George always tries to catch his children getting in trouble when they misbehave, whether it be by confronting them straight on, or sneakily investigating, then punishing them later. It is still always shown that George loves and cares deeply for his family.
Production
For the first five seasons, the show had an all-Latino cast with the exception of Albanian American actress
Masiela LushaMasiela Lusha is an American author, actress, producer and humanitarian who first gained recognition after starring in film and TV projects such as ABC's George Lopez and Sony Picture's Blood: The Last Vampire...
, who played George's daughter Carmen. George Lopez said that due to creative differences between him and Lusha, Lusha's character was written out of the show after Season 5. Lusha did appear in the 2007 season premiere, when her character left to attend college in
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. She was replaced by
Aimee Garcia as George's niece, Veronica. When the show first aired on
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
a few episodes were rated TV-14 for language, violence, and strong profanity in Spanish.
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changed every episode to TV-PG. When ION started airing reruns, most episodes were rated TV-PG-D-L, with the exception of "A Pain in the Ash", which was rated TV-14-L.
On May 15, 2007, the series ended after airing its 120th episode. The final episode aired on May 8. Nightly episode repeats continue to air on various networks both in the United States and abroad.
Cast
| Actor/Actress |
Character |
Season |
George LopezGeorge Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture...
|
George Lopez |
All Seasons |
| Constance Marie Constance Marie Lopez is an American actress. Known professionally as Constance Marie, she is known for her role as Angie Lopez on George Lopez and for her role as Marcella Quintanilla in the 1997 film Selena...
|
Angelina "Angie" Lopez (née Palmero) |
All Seasons |
| Belita Moreno |
Benita "Benny" Lopez (née Diaz) |
All Seasons |
| Masiela Lusha Masiela Lusha is an American author, actress, producer and humanitarian who first gained recognition after starring in film and TV projects such as ABC's George Lopez and Sony Picture's Blood: The Last Vampire...
|
Carmen Consuelo Lopez |
Seasons 1-6 Regular ; last appears in first episode of Season 6 |
| Luis Armand Garcia Luis Armand Garcia, born March 9, 1992, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Max Lopez on the sitcom George Lopez.-Career:...
|
Maximillian "Max" Lopez |
All Seasons |
Valente RodriguezValente Rodriguez is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas on the sitcom George Lopez. He currently stars as Cesar in the TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced.-Life and career:...
|
Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas |
All Seasons |
| Emiliano Díez Emiliano Díez is a Cuban film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Vic Palmero in the sitcom George Lopez, as well as his role as Manny Beltrán in the sitcom Los Beltrán.-Early life:...
|
Victor "Vic" Palmero |
Seasons 2–3 Recurring; Seasons 4–6 Regular |
| Aimee Garcia |
Veronica Palmero |
Season 5 Recurring; Season 6 Regular |
Nielsen ratings
| Season |
(EDT) |
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s |
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|
Season Finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...
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Ranking |
Viewers
(in millions) |
| 1 |
2001-02 |
Wednesday, 8:30 |
4 |
March 27, 2002 |
April 17, 2002 |
#70 |
9.0 |
| 2 |
2002–03 |
24 |
October 2, 2002 |
May 14, 2003 |
#50 |
10.4 |
| 3 |
2003–04 |
Friday 8:00 |
28 |
September 26, 2003 |
May 21, 2004 |
#96 |
7.44 |
| 4 |
2004–05 |
Tuesday 8:30 |
24 |
September 28, 2004 |
May 17, 2005 |
#79 |
7.2 |
| 5 |
2005–06 |
Wednesday 8:00 |
22 |
October 5, 2005 |
April 12, 2006 |
#82 |
7.2 |
| 6 |
2006–07 |
18 |
January 24, 2007 |
May 8, 2007 |
#95 |
6.1 |
Syndication
The show entered syndication one month after the series finale on
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, and is distributed by
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. The show aired in broadcast syndication on independent stations, and affiliates of Fox, The CW and MyNetworkTV as well as
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stations in the United States from 2007-2011 and on
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in Canada. The show moved to ION Television on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.
On March 8, 2007, it was announced that
George Lopez would join the
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lineup. It first aired on Nick at Nite on September 10, 2007 – it was the most current non-original show to air on Nick at Nite (until it was announced that
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would join the lineup). To this date, it continues to be their highest rated series and one of cable's best for an off-network sitcom.
Never a major hit in primetime, the show became an unexpected success in syndication. Many markets also moved the show from overnight timeslots to more desirable ones.
Episodes from the first four seasons of
George Lopez do not use those respective seasons' opening titles, the season five version is used instead (this is evident as Emiliano Diez is credited in the sequence, which is slightly longer than how they were originally broadcast on ABC, though there is also a short version also used in syndication that also differs from the original short opening credits that does not credit him for seasons 1-3, even though Diez did not make his first guest appearance until season two and did not become a cast regular until season four); the final two seasons use those seasons' appropriate versions of the opening credits.
On
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, the show premiered on the network's redebut July 12, 2010 and reruns are being shown there.
On ION Television, the show premiered on the network's Sunday marathon starting on October 2, 2011.
DVD release
On April 17, 2007,
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released seasons 1 and 2 on DVD in Region 1.
| DVD Name | Release Date | Ep # | Additional Information |
| The Complete First and Second Seasons |
April 17, 2007 |
28 |
Bonus features include "Inside the Comedic Mind" featurette and Gag reel.
The theme song "Low Rider" has been replaced due to licensing costs. George Lopez came in with the producers to record a new theme. |
The first, second, and third seasons have also been published on iTunes.
It is unknown whether the remaining seasons will be released. Also, according to Amazon.com, the third season is set to be released, however no release date has been announced.
Awards
| Year |
Award |
Category |
Recipient |
| 2003 |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards |
Top TV Series |
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, Lee Levitin, Charles Miller, and Howard E. ScottHoward E. Scott is an American funk/rock guitarist and founding member of the successful 1970s funk band War.-Biography:...
|
| 2005 |
Emmy Award |
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series |
Judi Giovanni and John Shaffner
For episodes "Leave it to Lopez"/"The Simple Life"/"Trouble in Paradise" |
| 2003 |
Imagen Awards |
Best Primetime Comedy Series – Television |
- |
| 2004 |
Best Supporting Actress in a Television Comedy |
Belita Moreno |
| Best Primetime Series – Comedy |
- |
| Best Actress in a Television Comedy |
Constance Marie |
| Best Actor in a Television Comedy |
George Lopez |
| 2003 |
Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
|
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress |
Masiela Lusha |
| Best Family Television Series (Comedy or Drama) |
- |
| 2004 |
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress |
Masiela Lusha |
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